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St. Cloud Spa GK: …….right after this word from the St. Cloud Day
Spa and Resort. (PIANO MUSIC) SS: Sometimes ---- I just need to get away ----- from global unrest
---- and the recession ----- and from the 15,000 college students who
live around me here in St. Cloud. And I go to the St. Cloud Day Spa and
Resort. It's for people over forty. You drive up to the Spa and ---- there's
actually a lot of on-street parking. (WEEPY) Parking spaces. At the curb.
It's been so long since I've seen any of those. And you walk in and (DOOR
CLOSE, PIANO OUT) there's silence. Absolute peace and quiet. No stereos,
no radios, no TVs, nobody yelling into cellphones, no cars with broken
mufflers and big speakers in the back seat, no pagers, no MTV or DVD.
Nothing. You wrap yourself in a warm, fluffy towel with no humorous sayings
on it, just a blank towel, and you put on a bathrobe with no corporate
logo and you lie down on a chaise longue in a quiet garden with no empty
beer cans in it, and nobody with a faceful of metal walks by talking in
non-sentences of monosyllables. And there are books and newspapers and
magazines with stories about famous people you've actually heard of. I
love college students but ---- sometimes I need a break. No admission
without photo I.D. and bifocals. The St. Cloud Day Spa and Resort. © Garrison Keillor 2003 |
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Singer and songwriter Andra Suchy talks about singing duets with Garrison, and her latest album, Little Heart.
Old Sweet Songs: A Prairie Home Companion 1974-1976
Lovingly selected from the earliest archives of A Prairie Home Companion, this heirloom collection represents the music from earliest years of the now legendary show: 1974–1976. With songs and tunes from jazz pianist Butch Thompson, mandolin maestro Peter Ostroushko, Dakota Dave Hull and the first house band, The Powdermilk Biscuit Band (Adam Granger, Bob Douglas and Mary DuShane).
